Inquiring minds

[firecat]

via klwalton, an article called "Why Marriages Fail" (http://www.shrinktalk.net/archives/why_marriages_fail_1.phtml) contains the following quote:

couples that don't ever fight eventually don't have sex either. Why? They are both forms of passion. If you give up one form of intensity you'll ultimately leave the other as well.

Is this true in your experience?

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Having read the post fully, I think the usage of 'fight' there is rather idiosyncratic. I also wonder how many marriages really never 'fight' in their sense as opposed to have it resolved by default in ways that brush it under the carpet while slowly breaking the relationship by cumulative effect.

To be fair, I've at least one ex who I had the kind of relationship with where modulo various issues, we could've lived together without it ever being the kind of relationship I'd consider marrying for. I can see how some might marry in that situation too.